Proposal comes months after village considered eliminating buses

10:10 PM,
Feb. 25, 2014

A Portage County Board member wants to expand bus service to Whiting.

Written by

B.C. Kowalski
Stevens Point Journal Media

A Portage County Board member wants to expand bus service to Whiting so residents there can more easily get to grocery stores and find other necessities.

Sam Levin, who also is a member of the Whiting Village Board, wants elderly residents and others who have trouble getting around to be able to take one route to a grocery store. Since the south-side Copps grocery closed last year, those residents need to make multiple bus connections to get to the nearest grocery, Levin said.

Levin and his supporters might have a hard time getting the bus service expansion. The village's Public Works Committee ...